Life in America was different in the 1930s when Doris Neal was born, The great depression had just started to really hit its high point.. The great depression peaked between 1932 and 1933 which just so happen to be when Doris was born, Zippers also happened to become the new thing since buttons were too expensive. Finding work during the Great Depression was not the easiest thing. Doris’ first job was at a shoe shop except, she didn’t make the shoes. She hated what she did there, which was taking off stamps on the boxes that said “made especially for _company name_” and replacing them with a different “made especially for _company name_” for a different company. Although it's wrong this type of thing happens a lot in today's world with …show more content…
Doris’ goals were once upon a time to be a nurse. After that brief period of being a nurse her real goal was to grow up and raise a family. She felt that she just wanted to have a happy family with a few kids and good husband and that, to me, seems like what a lot of people thought back then. Favorite foods are cool because so many people have such different things that there can be a huge diversity in the foods people like in the next state, the next town even. Doris’ favorite food is “Whatever’s in front of me”. I think that can relate to a lot of people. Some of the favorite foods from the 1950’s would be silver dollar hamburgers, fruit cups, and salted almonds, just to name a few. Her favorite game was probably Kick the can “If there was somebody you didn’t like you’d sneak right up and miss the can”. She mostly played a lot of homemade games which I think is cool, the best games you can play are games you and your family make for each other to play with each other. It’s a really good way to bond with your family, which is important after all, Family was and is one of the most important things in life. “We used to spend hours walking on a barrel seeing who could balance the longest”. It was a nice challenge for everyone and the winner got first dibs on